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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
Mar 28, 2024
District Superintendent Neil Young says Lodi Unified isn’t as large as it once was. A few years ago, student population was over 30,000, but today it’s less than 27,000, according to Chelsea Vongehr, the district’s public information officer.
Mar 28, 2024
Oakland parent Stephisha Ycoy-Walton is outraged by what she sees in the city’s public schools: Most kids can’t read or write at grade level. Math? Fewer still. On Thursday, she and an army of other parents are declaring war on that status quo.
Mar 28, 2024
In response to a multi-million dollar budget shortfall, the Morgan Hill Unified School District has announced a series of cuts to school staff.
Mar 28, 2024
More than 200 students at DCP Alum Rock High School, a small charter school in San Jose, will have to transfer when the campus closes this summer — a victim of declining enrollment and a hefty budget deficit it cannot overcome and keep the campus open.
Mar 28, 2024
A now former Encinitas middle school employee accused of molesting a 12-year-old student had texted with “multiple” students and asked them to delete the messages so he would stay out of trouble, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Mar 28, 2024
In an interview with The Press Democrat on Wednesday, Santa Rosa Mayor Natalie Rogers said the holdup boils down to a stew of unanswered questions.
Mar 28, 2024
Murrieta’s school board could revise — if not scuttle — a policy requiring parents to be told if their child identifies as transgender seven months after passing it.
Mar 28, 2024
In recent weeks, Coachella Valley Unified School District issued — and rescinded some — reduction in force notices to educators due to the district’s decision to cut positions funded by expiring pandemic relief grants, known as ESSER.
Mar 28, 2024
The district also assumes parental consent, allowing all students to approach any club, unless parents submit a written statement or exclusion form requesting their child not participate in a specific club.
Mar 28, 2024
Since 2015, the number of special education teacher vacancies in Stanislaus County has increased 42%.
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